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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Sells Over 200,000 Units on Japanese Debut

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has topped Famitsu’s latest charts for weekly physical software sales in Japan. The action-adventure title debuted on top of the charts, having sold over 200,000 units in the region upon release. In comparison, the last major top-down Zelda release – 2019’s The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening remake – sold over 140,000 physical units in Japan upon release.

Zelda isn’t the only new release in the charts, however. The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki – Farewell, O Zemuria occupies two places in the top 10, with its PS5 (over 29,000 units sold) and PS4 (over 17,000 units sold) versions coming in at No. 2 and No. 3 respectively, with total sales of over 47,000 units. Meanwhile, EA Sports FC 25 also debuts in multiple spots the charts, taking the No. 4 (Switch), No. 5 (PS5), and No. 7 (PS4) spots, selling over 32,000 units across all platforms.

On the hardware side of things, the Nintendo Switch was unsurprisingly the best-selling console of the week in Japan, with sales for the week jumping to over 74,000 units, courtesy of Zelda’s launchOnline Betting. The PS5 follows behind by a significant margin, with over 10,000 units sold over the course of the week.

You can check out the full hardware and physical software sales charts for Japan for the week ending September 29 below.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales):

  1. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – 200,121 (New)
  2. [PS5] The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki – Farewell, O Zemuria – 29,554 (New)
  3. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki – Farewell, O Zemuria – 17,838 (New)
  4. [NSW] EA Sports FC 25 – 13,332 (New)
  5. [PS5] EA Sports FC 25 – 13,265 (New)
  6. [PS5] Astro Bot – 6,381 (34,902)
  7. [PS4] EA Sports FC 25 – 6,379 (New)
  8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 6,030 (6,011,624)
  9. [NSW] Moeyo! Otome Doushi: Kayuu Koigatari – 5,396 (New)
  10. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 5,383 (7,920,305)

Hardware sales:

  • Nintendo Switch – 74,351
  • PS5 – 10,799
  • Xbox Series X/S – 557

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